{"disclaimer":"This is a summary of public court records and is not legal advice. Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"rita-perez","displayName":"Rita Perez","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappwd:wd87916:undated","opinionId":"2475ef08-b699-57e4-813f-fae38784aa5b","slug":"rita-perez-v-elwood-staffing-services-employer-and-division-of-employment-d87916","caseName":"Rita Perez \nvs.\nElwood Staffing Services, Employer, and Division of Employment Security","caseNumber":"WD87916","court":"moappwd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District","decisionDate":null,"year":2025,"display_summary":"Rita Perez appealed the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission's dismissal of her appeals for unemployment benefits, which the Commission found untimely. On appeal, Perez did not challenge the timeliness decision but instead argued the merits of her underlying unemployment claim. The appellate court dismissed Perez's appeal, holding that it could only review issues decided by the Commission and that Perez failed to brief any error regarding the Commission's timeliness determination.","primaryTopic":"administrative-law","topicSlugs":["administrative-law","appellate-procedure","civil-procedure"],"outcomeNorm":"mixed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=228233","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/rita-perez-v-elwood-staffing-services-employer-and-division-of-employment-d87916","relatedPracticeAreas":[{"slug":"employment","label":"Employment Law","href":"/practice-areas/employment","score":24,"source":"tag","evidence":["tag: employment","text: employer","text: employment"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/employment"},{"slug":"litigation","label":"Civil Litigation","href":"/practice-areas/litigation","score":12,"source":"topic","evidence":["topic: civil-procedure","topic: appellate-procedure"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/litigation"}],"role":"appellant"}]}